What is another word for the Old West?

Pronunciation: [ðɪ ˈə͡ʊld wˈɛst] (IPA)

The Old West is an iconic phrase that immediately conjures up images of cowboys, gunslingers and wide-open spaces. This term is often used to refer to the period of American history between the end of the Civil War and the turn of the 20th century. However, there are several other synonyms that are often used instead of "the Old West" such as the Wild West, the Frontier, the Great American West, the Western Frontier, and the Western Territory. These synonyms are used interchangeably and depict the same history, culture, geography, and social lifestyle of the American West. The Old West will always be a romanticized era in American history that continues to captivate imaginations today.

Synonyms for The old west:

What are the hypernyms for The old west?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    Wild West History, historical periods, like the American Frontier, the Pre-Industrial West.

Famous quotes with The old west

  • It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the early part of the 20th century.
    Dwight Yoakam
  • Don't ever for a minute make the mistake of looking down your nose at westerns. They're art - the good ones, I mean. They deal in life and sudden death and primitive struggle, and with the basic emotions - love, hate, and anger - thrown in. We'll have westerns films as long as the cameras keep turning. The fascination that the Old West has will never die. And as long as people want to pay money to see me act, I'll keep on making westerns until the day I die.
    John Wayne

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